58 RANCHING IN THE CANADIAN WEST 



one, to be found on almost every ranch, will enable 

 anyone with ordinary intelligence to fix one up for 

 himself. The " box " (i.e., the body) of the waggon 

 is lifted off (this can be done by two men of average 

 strength), and the rack placed on the running gear, 

 ready for use at haying-time. The hay is pitched 

 into the rack by means of forks in the ordinary way, 

 one man pitching while the other mounts on top of 

 the load to trim it and trample it down into place. 

 When a full load has been put aboard, the team is 

 started and is taken to the place selected for the 

 stack, care being taken that it is not in any hollow 

 where rain-water may collect. No staging or 

 foundation of any sort is necessary in so dry a 

 climate, and, when completed (with the ordinary 

 apex top, as is customary here), it requires no 

 thatch, if built properly and in a compact manner. 

 After a few such loads have been brought in it 

 would be well for one man to pitch it off the rack 

 while the other one builds and trims the stack, 

 although time will be saved by both of them 

 working out in the field (so called) at filling the 

 rack. 



In accordance with the number of your stock, 

 the hay necessary for winter use should be placed 

 inside the corral (fenced, of course) in as convenient 

 and accessible a position as possible to the shed, 



